Golf club



March 2 1926. 1,575,460

' C. SUNTER GOLF CLUB Filed June 20, 1925 WlTNESSES INVE T 042M Gag/5 SU/YTER Patented Mar. 2, 1926.

UNITED STATES CHRIS SUNTER, 0F YONKERS, NEW YORK.

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Application filed. June 20, 1925. Serial No. 38,544.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRIS SUNTER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Yonkers, in the county of VVestchester and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Golf Club, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a golf club. An object of the invention is to provide simple and efficient means whereby the head and the shaft of the club can be firmly and efIicient- 1y connected without the necessity of whipping them together.

Another object concerns the provision of means whereby when the head and shaft are connected laterally relative movement therebetween is prevented.

The invention is illustrated in the drawings, of which Figure 1 is a front elevation of the club;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation;

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Flg. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a rear elevation.

The form of the invention shown in the,

shaft and the head are provided with correspondingly tapered tongues and grooves which engage to hold them together, and with interengaging shoulders whereby lateral play is prevented.

In the drawings, 10 indicates the shaft and 11 the head of a golf club. The head is provided with a stem 12 which is cut away along the line 13 and along the line 14:. The upper end of the stem is tapered upwardly and rearwardly along the lines 15 and 16, as

shown, and this tapered upper end of the stem is adapted to lie in engagement with an under-cut recess correspondingly formed on the forward face of the shaft, which is cut away to permit this engagement. The rear lower end of the shaft extends downwardly, and that portion of it which lies below the line 14 is shaped as a tapered tongue 17 which is adapted to lie in and engage with a tapered groove 18 in the head. The

very lowest end of the shaft is split and a wedge member 19 can be forced thereinto to admit thelower end of the shaft in the dovetail groove 18 to hold the head and the shaft firmly together.

The interlocking of the tongue 17 and the groove 18 holds the head and shaft together firmly. The engagement oft-he tapered upper end of the stem 12 with the under-cut recess on the shaft also prevents lateral play between the head and the shaft. This internates the necessity for whipping them together in the usual-manner.

What I claim is 1. A golf club, which comprises. a head and a shaft and a stem on said head having a tapered upper end, the shaft having an under-cut recess in which the tapered upper end of the head is adapted to lie to prevent lateral relative movement therebetween, the shaft having a dovetail tongue on its lower end adapted to lie in a correspondingly shaped groove in the head to lock the head.

and the shaft together.

2. A golf club, which comprises a head, a shaft, a stem on said head having a'tapered upper end, the shaft having an under-cut recess in which'the tapered upper end of the head is adapted to lie to prevent lateral relative movement therebetween, the shaft having a dovetail tongue on its lower end adapted to. lie in a correspondingly shaped groove in the head to lock the head and the shaft together, the lower end of the shaft being split, and a wedge element adapted to so jammed into the split portion to hold the tongue in the slot.

' CHRIS SUNTER.

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